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A INSTRUCTIVE REPORT.
Mr. Carroll D. Wright is known
to be one of the best equipped statis
ticians in the United States. He is
Commissioner of theBureauof .Labor
and has just published hie report of
the industrial condition of the conn-'
try. He is a very careful and re
liable investigator and "what he says
is based upon thoroueh inquiry. His
views arc entitled to positive weight.
- He iliscuHt-ua the question of capital
ami labor. He .thinks the wide
'sort--d depression of business is not
. confined to this country but affects
all countries, and without regard to
-th? fiscal policy whether it is a
mono metallic country, a ti metallic
country a silver country or "a gld
country a Protective country or a
Free Trade country.! He has two
points we commend to the special
-.rmsidiration of legislators and lead
ersof parties. He -saya, that the im
portation of contract labor is one of
the chief causes that have, produced
the i r ule paralysis in our own conn
. try. ; '- -
. The other point he makes is that the
industrial depression is owing to the
vast quantity of machinery that is
now in; tiF.e, He regard the present
conditioM. as one of Irapsition that
in the end the countries using the
machines' 1 will be jbenefited. Mr.
Wright ' points ''to the fact that the
countries ' using ra'aahinery are not
only richer than thse not nsing-it
but the; average . conditiou of the
Doorer classes is much better. It is
the men who own the machinery
: the manufacturers-who are the first
to be benefited by it
Star uajs: ' . "
'Eaorcaous fortunes
TheJNewTork
have been made.
either inctly by manufacturers or indi-
reetly by transporting and handling their
increased product. leaa while the wages
of labor have not proportionately increased
and a smaller number of men from year to
year ha been able to turn out a given quan
tity of the joint product of labor find capi
tal. The effects have come to be felt slowly
and gradually, ana tnererore mere nss Deen
no sudden attempt ' by those who suffered
from the change to offer resistance or pro-
ihjj resaltof this is now seen in
the -formation of associations among
th l ihorin classes for mutual pro-
i-fii ni. It- i.-i ti t--fsje Miine of the
v ' .-i-ure-Mi!:"f H'fJ .evil that
. tfsaoh'ii r si'! tji in r :a&' have 11
f.'.jruj iioiii-try son will litd oigan-
-izis: n :ie t Its- Jvti-r!ii -' ;f L'v-r,
li li ui" :' ' the- future if
ivi ii .-li.-tci.s. i'he t artier SWls
tha. lie is t 'iiit-ji lo a fair chance in
tijtf. -biruagltt with monopoly. He
helps t ) make the country rich, and.
he asks Tor a chiuce for life. Mr,
Wright is not unfriendly to such or
ganizations. He thinks' that if capi
tal and labor are both thoroughly or
ganized there will be a surer basis for
-fair dealings towards each other. He
favors a halt at once in Congression
al squandering of the public lands.
His report is very elaborate, making
a volume of 500 pages, and it covers
Uhe large field of labor, wages and
profits. 5It will be freely consulted
by all men who ,are interested in eco
nomic questions, and especially by
legislators and" journalists who wish
. to keep well up in the statistical in
formation of the country.
GRANT'S CAMPAIGN CRITICISED.
Mr. John 6. Ropes is one of the
cultivated New England men who has
j the courage of conviction and who
J do not blindly follow the Northern
multitude in shooting wild praises to
Grant's generalship. There are but
few men in the South who place a
high estimate on Grant's military
genius, if he bad any, which is more
than doubtful. Mr. Ropes has just
.delivered a lecture before a large au
dience in the Lowell Institute in Mas
sachusetts, in which - he criticised
freely and 'vigorously Grant's cam?
paign in "Virginia. His being a civil
ian by. no means disqualifies him from
forming a correct - opinion of - the
merits of a given battle - or - a given
strategic movement.. Some of the
e best military critics were men of
letters best in the sense, "that they
showed as much acutecess and abili
ty in discussing movements as pro
-" fessional soldiers showed, -who are
apt to be warped by -prejudices or in
fluenced unduly " by preconceived
opinions or theories of war. .:
VOL. XVII.
It does not require much military
knowledge to know that Burnside
blundered at Fredericksburg, that
ope blundered at Second Manassas,
that Grant greatly blundered at
Vicksburg in his. two futile abrt dis
astrous attempts to take the town
by assault, and in his reckless assault
upon Lee's lines at Second . Cold
Harbor. The official reports j furn
ish all the needed data for an intel
ligent opinion. A man need not to be
well up in JTominii to be able to see
that Grant made some of the great
est blunders :of the war, -and that at
Shiloh he was in a most pitiable con
dition of helplessness and mental
confusion. ; f ; v .
We have not seen the text of Mr.
. . i - i
Ropes's lecture, but he must have
been successful n . his criticisms
judging from the lame and impotent
editorial in the Boston Jost upon
them. The Post is one of that class
of newspapers that1
would be glad to
that Grant; was a
believe if they can
master of war and
rivalled in genius
Napoleon, Frederick and Marlbor
ough, and perhaps Caesar, Hannibal
and "Alexander.
The Washington! correspondent of
the Charleston News vnd ', Courier
gives, in his letter of 23rd insti, what
he says is the Republican programme
for the Fall campaign in the South
ern States, j l he ena sougnt is to
capture the House and thus tie the
hands of the President. They are
ooking mainl y to the South for
.... ' ! t
gams. . l he correspondent says:
"Their poiicr will be to persuade men
of good character who have not ; been in
affiliation with) the Republican party to
take the field in opposition to regular Dem
ocratic candidates and to give them
the Republican support and vote. ; On the
tariff question. and j particularly i on the
question of ioternal improvements, men of
good standing id the 8outb will be invited
to stand for CongTesa in opposition to the
Democrats. In I Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee and in Georgia, candidates will
be urged to take the! field in behalf of a
repeal of the internaljrevenue laws. As a
means of fastening the protective tariff pol
icy more firmly the Republicans will be
willing to commit themselves to a repeal of
the internal revenue laws to an extent sum
cient for their purposes in States and sec
tions where that tax bears heavily upon the
people." ! . .
Yes, and the Grab bill is one of
the ops thrown t4 the sovereigns.
A dnel has actuallv occurred on
the battle-field; of Waterloo, between
Mme. Valsayre, a native of France,
and .Miss Shelby, an American. The
duel was theJesolt of a dispute on
the merits of French and American
female doctors After a stormy al
tercation Mme. Valsayre threw a
glove in Miss S aelby 's face and , a
duel was forthw
th arranged. The
weapons were s wj
brds.' Miss Shelby
was slightly wounded on the arm.
The four seconds were Americans."
Progress, did you say ? j
The census of 1880 reveals a fact
that men' of j science might ponder.
Whilst among natives there is one
among;
insane person j to every 662, among
the foreign born there is one in every
254. Why this vast difference? But
it is alarming to
know that of every
662 Americans' one li doomed to
insanity. Tie tt'tal number of in
naiie in 1880-M 65,654.
TT
J.'R.- RJ wriies to - his papt r, the
Au-'usta UhroriivleA fiom Wasliinsi-
tun after this wiife: I . i
"Think oi tiiutv fe:.lbd of the mny hun
dreds of clerijs iic (he Pension Bureau be
ing hostile toihe Democratic Administra
tion and n; more than : Hepublicau conspi
rators The same is true of all the depart
ments. We have (won the fort, but the
enemy hold the guns and command the ar
senal. - - " f ' 1 -l I - '-"
'Rah for Civil' Service Reform!
Mr. J. R. Randall thinks if Chap
lain Millburn's I prayer in the House
about gambling was to be answered
a supernatural distinction being
invoked that Congress would be
left without a quorum. Very likely,
The average : jCongressmaji (both
Houses) is not averse to a good drink
or a hand at "ky-ards."
: Bruce-and Lynch, the two best
known Mississippi negroes, have
called on the President to protest
against the affair at Carrolton, in
their State. The President very
properly "spoke plainly in its con
demnation. j i -
- The Blaine Senators so called
are. Hale, Logan, Sherman, Evarts
and a few others. 'They are all
quietly blocking Edmunds's, Prest
dential same, 1 but - some how they
vote as Edmunds says. How is that?
It is not believed in Washington
that Secretary Manning will be able
to continue in office, even supposing
he recovers from the present severe
attack of apoplexy from which he is
suffering. i
( There were but thirty-three appli
cations for divorces in the Courts of
Chicago - on I?riday last. A very
dull day indeed. Business is de
pressed.
Senator Vance has been putting
his feet under president Cleveland's
mahoganyHe at to the left" of the
President. . i -.
The Morrisoni bill (a poor affair) is
to be still modified. Quit tinkering
and go to work in earnest. .
1-
ANOTHER
FIRE.
WUmlBdOQ Acaln Vlalted by the Dc-
troylnB Element A Livery KUible,
tne Ooaaty Jail and a Number of
DwelllnK and Storee Destroyed Or
lKln of tbe Fire Unknown Loss
$27,000-Inenrance U12,0O0. .
Our city was visited by another disastrous
fire -yesterday morning about 2 o'clock.
There are conflicting rumors as to the ori
gin of the fire some claiming that it origi
nated in the rear of Messrs. Burr & Bailey's
works, on South Front street, while others
affirm that it started in the back yard of
the premises on Second street occupied as
a dwelling by Mrs. E. Warren.
THB FBOPEBTT DESTKOTSD. -
The shed of Messrs. Burr & Bailey,
which was used for storing plows and lum
ber, was the first property burned, together
with a small bnck house in the same yard
with the shed. From these structures the
flames communicated to Mrs. Warren's
residence a large frame building which
wa8 completely" destroyed, together . with
all of its contents. The flames next spread
to the brick tenement house on the south,
one half of the lower floor of which was
occupied by Mr. D. . Newman as a dime
store, and the other half for storing the
plows, castings, etc.; of Messrs. Burr &
Bailey. The upper stories were occupied
as residences by Mr. Thomas Rand and
Mrs. Tracy. The latter lost everything,
while the former saved only a small portion
of his goods. All of the aforesaid build
ings belonged to the estate of Hart &
Bailey.
The fire then spread rapidly to the
kitchen of Mr. John Hardin, only a few
yards west of the tenement houses, and it
was entirely consumed. ; This - property
was owned by D,r. J. D. Bellamy,
upon which there was no insurance. The
dwelling house of Mr. Hardin alsa. caught,
but was saved by the efforts of the firemen.
A small brick house on the lot between Mr.
Hardin's residence and the tenement houses
belonging to Dr. Bellamy was also des
troyed. 1
The fire then worked Its way across the
street to tbe frame building owned by Mr.
A. Lessman, and occupied on the upper
floors by Mr. R. J. Lewis and others, the
basement having been recently used as a
barber shop, but unoccupied at the time of
the fire. This building was also completely
destroyed, the inmates losing all they
possessed. "
The next buildings burned were those
known as the Car Block, two of which were
recently badly damaged by fire, and all un
occupied. They were owned by Mrs.
Thomas Evans and Messrs. Wra. Larkins
and Charles Bradley.
The brick residence of Mr. A, Lessman
was damaged to a considerable extent, but
was saved. ,
The frame building next south of Mr.
Le88tnan's residence caught fire on the roof
several times, but the flames were finally
extinguished; owned by the John Brown
estate.
The stores occupied by Mr. A. D. Wea
sel 1, owned by himself and Mr. C. M. Bon
ham, were damaged by water. -
The building on Market street, be
tween Second and Third, owned by
Mr. W. B. McKoy. and occupied on
the lower floors by Mr. Benjamin White
and Geo. W- Price, Jr., was ignited
by sparks. The upper portion of this
building used by Mrs. C. V. Woodcock
as a boarding house, was deluged by water,
which was tbe principal damage done.
The residence of Miss Annie Hart, on
Third street,, near Market, and also another
building io the same yard, were slightly
damaged.
An outhouse on the premises of Mr.
Henry Schntte, on Third street, and are
near the premises of Mr. H. Vollers, corner
of Second and Dock streets, also caught
fire, but were soon put out.
THE LIVERY STABLE.
Iii a kh-n while after the first alarm was
s.Miiudid the lorg-i frame buiiaiDg ou Prin-o-a-
ttreit, bstwteu Third and Fourth, oc
cupied as a liv-ry stable by Mr. J. 11.
Jones, was discovered ti be on fire, sparks
from the .burniug. buildings on Second
street having ignited this structure, sdU it
was only a snort time before it was in one
huge blaze. -Being an old building and
containing a lot of hay, feed, etc., it served
as ready fuel for tbe devouring flames.
There were thirty two horses in the stables,
besides a large number of carriages, bug
gies, wagons, etc., and it seemed for a time
that it would be impossible 'to save them;
but by almost super-human efforts all the
horses with one exception were saved, as
was also v a large -portion of the rolling
stock, though not until three buggies.
eight or ten drays, one carriage, two de
livery wagons and a large lot of harness
were burned. A cow underneath the sta
ble was also burned. Several horses that
were turned loose in taking them out of tha
burning stables were still missing yester
day, though it is expected that they will
soon be caught.
THE JAIL.
From the burning stables the flames com
municated to the county jail, and soon the
whole interior of this building was on fire,
and nothing now remains of the old land
mark but the brick walls and the stone
work and ceils on the inside.. The jail was
built about the year 1856 by Messrs. J. C.
and R. B. Wood, Sr., and the original cost
of its construction was $10,000. There
were twenty seven prisoners in jail at the
time, some of whom were serving out sen -tences,
some being held for trial at the next
term of the Criminal Court, and others
awaiting to be transferred to the peniten
tiary at Raleigh, having been convicted at
the present term of Court The names-of
those convicted and sentenced were as fol
lows: ... :.: .
John Carver, manslaughter, one year in
jail. . . ;
; Ben Bonham, larceny, six months in the
county work house.
' Chas. Hill, assault and battery, three
months in the county work house. '
- Isaac Johnson, larceny, four years in the
penitentiary.
Henry King, embezzlement, one year in
the penitentiary. " ,
Root. H. Moore, larceny, two years in
the penitentiary.
A, Main warring, carrying concealed
weapon, sixty days in the county work
house. .
Caleb Pollock, larceny, twelve months in
the county jaiL
Sarah Rich, affray, sixty days in the
county work house. -
WILMINGTON N. C,
i Bertha Smith, larceny, six months, in. !
county workhouse. '
; i Henry Taylor, affray, sixty days in
county woikhouse. , ;
Sandy Stewart, bigamy, twelve months
in county workhouse. " , -
i Sylvester Pope, bigamy, ten years in
penitentiary. - " , i
Alex. Stuart, burglary, twenty years in
penitentiary. . ? . , '.,
f Henry Scoit,.rape, penitentiary for life.
? ' The following were either serving ouj
terms or awaiting trial at the next term of
court: Agnes Best, Jack Banks, William
Davis, David Job nsonr Thomas Kane, J.
IL Miles, George Vann, Luke Suggs. : .
: The remaining iour were United States
prisoners, awaiting trial at the next term of
the TJ. S. District Court. Their names are
James Norman, Geor&e Hall, Charles Guff
and William P. Baldwin. The first two
are held for violations of the internal rev-,
enue laws, and the last two for mutiny. .
. When the jailor, Emanuel Nichols, saw
that the stables were on fire, and that the
jail was in imminent peril, he at once set
to work endeavoring to take the prison
ers', i-It was determined to remove them to
the city guard bouse, and accordingly tbe
prisoners were handcuffed, as far as it was
possible- to do so, .and Jthe work of trans
ferring them was begun. In endeavoring
to do this, however, ,Bix of the prisoners
succeeded in making their escape George
Vann, Alex.' Stewart, Henry King, Chas.
Hill, Caleb Pollock, and Ben Bonham.
Alex. Stewart, it will be iememberad, is
the negro who plead guilty to two charges
of breaking into and entering a store house
at the last term of the Criminal Court, and
sentenced to twenty years confinement in'
the penitentiary. He was taken in charge
at the jail door by two policemen, and on
the way to the guard house he broke from
the officers and ran, nothing having been
seen of . him singe. It would have been
better for the community had any other
prisoner in the jail escaped thau "this one,
as he is a very dangerous and desperate
character. . . .
INSUBAHCR.
The following is the insurance on the
property destroyed : --
Mrs. E. Warren, on furniture, $1,500 in
Liverpool & London & Globe, repre
sented by Messrs. John W. Gordon &
Smith. ;
Mr. A. Lessman, on dwelling house and
furniture, $5,000 in Hamburg-Bremen and
Liverpool & London & Globe, represented
by Messrs. J. W. Gordon & Smith; on
wooden building, $3,000 in Phoenix of
London, represented also by Messrs. J. W.
Gordon & Smith; on furniture, $1,000 in
the Sun Fire Office of London, represented
by M. S. Willard.
Messrs Larkins, Bradley & Evans had
$1,000 on their building in the Crescent of
New Orleans, represented by Messrs. W.
L. Smith & Co. ; $3,000 ia the Wilmington
Mutual, represented by Mr. D. Cashwell,
and $1,000 in the German Mutual, repre
sented by Mr. L: J. Poisson.
The estate of Hart & Bailey had $1,500
insurance on the building occupied by
Mrs E. Warren in the Phoenix, of. Brook
lyn, represented by Messrs. Atkinson &
Manning; on machine shop, insurance for
$610 in the Hamburg-Bremen, repre
sented by Messrs. John W. Gordon &
Smith. .
, Messrs. Burr & Bailey had insurance
for $1,890 in the Phoenix of London, rep
resented by Messrs. John W. Gordon &
Smith.
Mr. A. D. Wessell, on stock, was in
sured for $1,150 in. the Liverpool & Lon
don & Globe, and $500 in the Phoenix of
London, represented by Messrs.' John W
Gordon & Smith; on building, $1,500 in
London Assurance and $1,650 in Germania
Insurance Co. - of New York, represented
by Messrs DeRosset & Northrop; on shed
used for during buy, etc , $600 in Virginia
Fire and Murine, represented by Messrs.
John W Gordon & Smith.
Oat! T. .1. Soirbwlacd (Fanes stable)
had iot urar.Ct: on huiMing for $1,250 in the
Liverpool & London & Globe, represented
by J. VV. G rdor & Smith.
MrB C V. Woodcock Lad $300 iosur.tcce
on furniture in the Phoenix of London,
represented by J. W. Gordon & Senile.
Mr. J. fl. Davis had insurance for $75 on
a buggy burned at Jones' stable in tbe
Crescent of New Orleans,, represented by
W. L. Smith & Co,
Tbe county jail was insured for $1,200 in
the Connecticut of Hartford, represented
by W. L. Smith & Co.
The estate of the late John Brown had
insurance on the house on Second street'
for $2,000 in the Underwriters of New
York, represented by DeRosset & Northrop,
The damage to tbe building was about
$500. ' .
The amount of property destroyed is
valutd at about $29,000, and tbe insurance
on the same, as far as we can now estimate,
is nearly $13,000.
MYBA1DS O? 8FABKS.
There was a strong south-west wind
blowing during the fire, and it was with
great difficulty that the private residences
of some families, even though many blocks
distant from the scene of the conflagration.
could be kept from igniting, on account of
the myriads of sparks blown from the
burning buildings! - By careful watching
and keeping the roofs wet, however, no
serious damage was occasioned from this
source. Some houses as far off as Seventh
street caught, but the fire was detected be
fore any headway could be gained and ex
tinguished. : V"': - -
' THB mtKMKN. ; ' "',
We cannot close our report without re
ferring to the gallant services rendered by
our efficient fire department V This organi
zation, which is composed of the very best
'material among our young gentlemen, ia
an honor and credit to the city. . With no
incentive other than that of saving the
property of their fellow-citizens, there is
no risk too great for them, to undertake
when their services are needed by those
whose property is in ' jeopardy. Both the
white and colored companies did noble
service yesterday morning, and too much
praise cannot be bestowed upon them for
the manful manner in which they fought to
subdue the flames. ,.
The steamer Peed, which went to the
assistance of the steamer Enchantress, suc
ceeded in lowering the' water in the latter
vessel to' a' considerable extent, but was
compelled to leave on account of the rough
weather. The indications are now favor
able for getting the EnehatUrets afloat.
Y
FRIDAY, .APRIL 2, 1886.
Dandy Babbit Foot. - . I
John Fisher a Nimrod of the colored !
persuasion, who "most in generally" -hunts
all the imey brought in a regulation left
hi'nd-foct of a graveyard rabbit yesterday.
John has two witnesses to the fact that the
rabbit was killed in the old "Mosquito 1
Hall" burying-ground, about two miles
east of the city. ' Independent of the state
ment of the Fisher and hunter, supported
by the concurrent, testimony of two wit
nesses, three witches, who were called in
as experta, examined, the foot and certified
that, beyond all question, it came from the'
body of a rabbit that had been a constant
dweller in and around graveyards. ;
Another rabbit-foot broker called at tbe
Stab office yesterday with several samples,
but as he could only produce hearsay evi
dence to show that' the feet were of the
regulation kind, our ! purchasing agent de
clined ail overtures looking to a trade. 1
To 6ave unnecessary .trouble, it may be
well to announce, that do rabbit feet will be
bought these headquarters unless it Can
-be shown by indisputable proof that they
are of the regulation graveyard brand.
A. Veritable Villain. z. : v "
Capt. . George P, ciWelsh, who took out
the passenger train fat Charlotte Wednes
day night.. h&I occasion to put a negro
tramp off his train twic-etvea. Band
Hill and Rockingham, because he refused
to pay his fare. . As the train was moving
off, after be was put off the second time,
the negro opened fire on the conductor and
moving trasn, fortunately resulting only in
embedding some bullets in the wood work
of the car. Capt. Welsh used the proper
precautions, which resulted in his arrest
at Rockingham yesterday. ' Sttch occurences
are rather frequent, and it ia to be hoped
that an example - will be made of such
would-be assassins who thus imperil the
lives of the travelling public.. He admits
his guilt, and is safely lodged in jail await
ing'his preliminary trial, which is set for
Saturday next. '
Tne Sad Death of mra. Roddick.
We see from the New York papers that
Mrs. Wilkin Roddick; who died in New
York on the 23rd iast., was taken sick
while in a Sixth avenue street car. , She
was immediately carried into a drug store
near by, where she died in a very short
time. Mr. and Mrs. Roddick were stop
ping at the Hotel Royal, and had only been
in New York three days. The 'remains of
Mrs. Roddick were taken to Boston, Mass.,
for interment, and the burial look place in
that city yesterday.
Tom Kane. 1 .
Tom Kane is a free man. The case
against him for burglary was heard in the
Criminal Court yesterday morning 8olici-l
tor Moore stated that as he (Kane) had been
acquitted on the charge of rape the juryi
returning a verdict of pot guilty evidently
(in hi? opinion) on the ground of mistaken
Identity ana as ne nao tne same evidence
in the burglary case that was adduced at
the late trial for rape, he would leave the mat
ter entirely with the Court as to what dis
position should be made of the prisoner j
His Honor then announced that it would be
a waste of time to go over the same evi
dence and have another; trial at this term of
the Court, and thought it best that a not
pros, with leave be entered, and the prisoner
was accordingly discharged .
County Commissioners.
A meeting of the Board of County Com
missioners was held yesterday afternoon
for the purpose of 'taking some action in
regard to building a new jail in place of
tbe one destroyed by fire. Nothing' defi
nite was done, however, except that it was
ordered that the Chairman of the Board jof
Magistrates be requested to call a .meeting
of the Board for the purposa of having a
joint meeting of tbe Board of Magistrates
and the county uommissioners in regard
to the matter, to be held on Wednesday,
March 31ft. i I
Director' meeting. . 1
A meeting of the Directors of llio Wil
mington & Wtldou and IWiisniDgton, Co
lumbia & AuguU Railroads' was held y es
terday , at which a comuiitue was appointed
to look Lifter the rebuilding of tbe railroad
offices and -varchoust s recently destroyed
by fire..; The cooiaiktee appointed Con
sists of the President, General Manager,
General Superintendent, and the two Wil
mington Directors, Messrs. DeRosset ! and
MacRae. - '
Tbe committee were empowered to take
into consideration the advisability of build
ing a covering for the iron bridge at the
depot, and also of building stone platforms
for the warehouses instead of wooden ones.
Dead Body Found. -
A correspondent writing us from Phoe
nix.- Brunswick county, on March 1 26th,
says that "on tbe evening of the 24th inst.
the body of a white man was found ' near
the W., C. & A- Railroad a short distance
from the-seven mile ' post.. The deceased
was about 35 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches
in height, light hair and beard, and was
well dressed. An inquest was held by
T. E. Williams, special Coroner. The ver
diet of the jury was that the deceased died
from no unnatural causes. In his pocket
was found a paper with! the name Lewis
H. Fales upon it. The paper also stated
that deceased had a brother Gilbert D.
Fales hxMcdfield, Mass., and requested
that a bunch of keys in his pocket should
be sent to him. A pocket book, a box of
pills and a box of "Rough on Rats," was
all that was found on the body, with the
exception of the keys referred to. The
body was interred by the coroner. ""
Cotton. -.
" The receipts of cotton at this port for the
weak ending March 27th, 1886, foot up
874 bales, against 290 bales for the corres
ponding week last year.: '
The receipts ; for the crop year to date
foot up 95,454 bales, against 93,162 bales
for the corresponding period last year,
showing an increase of 2,292 bales in favor
Of 1885. ' 1 "
Th e gallows on which Henry
Scott was to have been hung, in rear of the
jail, was destroyed by the fire, being one
house that did not "outlive a thousand
tenants." ' .' -i :
. The River and j Harbor bill, as
completed by the House of ' Representa
tives, appropriates $125?000 for the Cape
Fear river and - $10,000 for New river.
These sums will become available immedi
ately upon the passage of the buL
i Four marriage licenses were is
sued by the Register of! Deeds during the
past week two for white 'and two ror
colored coupies. . -
Star,
- , WASHINGTON.
Secretary manning' Condition ' Store
Hopeful, bat tbe. Crista not yet
Beaebed.
WA8HTBGTOK. March 25 Th rnnrtitinn
of Secretary Manning. hts 11 o'clock this
morning, as reported by Dr. Lincoln, is
rather more hopeful than at uiv tim sinm
his attack. He rested fairly well last night,
waking only at rather long intervals "He
seems to breathe with more ease this morn
ing, said bis son, "and all things consid
ered, we feel encouraged: bathe is m vnn
sick man, abd we can only hope until the
nexi two or mree days brings the crisis.
Father does not yet know of my arrival, or
indeed, that the family sect for me, and
we think it. best that he should not know
until the crisis is past" . "As sor n as he is
able to travel." he added- "I ahU insist
upou his taking a good long vacation, per
hapa in Florida. He needs rest, of all
things, and I shall certainly insist upon his
taking. it.", , . . . .. :f
WASHHtOTON. March 35 The Renfttn
has rejected the nominations of Second
LieuU. John F. McBlair. and Richard H
Wilson to be first lieutenants. i
A number of minor confirmations have
been made public - Among them is that of
Mrs. Mulligan to be pension aeent . at
Chicago, ; '"'-'ir-y' ' ''i- -' ;:'."' l
Washihqtok, March 26. Mr. Manning:
son of Secretary Manning, said to an Asso
ciated Press reporter, at 11 Vctock to day,4
ium uus couuiuon oi nis , tamer remamed
nraClicallV-UDChanffed. Th nhrniiana itnri
informed him that his-father, was passing
tnrougti the critical stage, of his disease,
and teat ever? hour jmssed wUJioutaaindi
cation of unfavorable symptoms was so
much progress towards recovery. Mr.
Manning said his father's system! was in as
good condition and his pulse as strong and
natural as tnat or a person in health, and
as he possessed considerable vitality his
family were encouraged to the belief that
he would come through all right They all
realized, .however, that he was in a critical
condition and that he is not entirely out of
danger. ' -.-v..
Mr. and Mis. J. A Delehartv. of Albanv.
and Miss Mary E. Manning, the Secretary's
daughter, arrived here this morning. Mrs.
Delehanty is the Secretiry's sister. They
were not summoned, but came because of
the alarming newspaper statements in re
gard to the Secretary's condition, i Mrs R.
If x.ryer, of Hsw- York. Mrs. Manning's
sister, who has been at the house for seye
ral days past, returned to her home yester-
uay. .
A caucus of Democratic Senators was
called for H o'clock this morning, to de
cide upon the course of action in regard to
the amendments already proposed to tbe
resolutions of the Judiciary Committee,
and chiefly with regard to that of Senator
Van Wyck, looking to the consideration of
nominations to places made vacant by sus
pension or removal, in open session. No
Quorum was present and therefore no ac
tiontaken. j1 .
Washtngton. March 26' Dr. Hamilton
said to-day that it could hardlvi be said
that Secretary - Manning's i condition this
morning was the same as it was yesterday
morning. There was a temporary improve
ment last evening, but it was certain that
his condition to day showed no improve
ment since yesterday. It is learned from
other sources that the Secretary passed a
restless night, with more or less fever, and
that as a consequence he was somewhat
weaker this morning. j
the rumors regarding a prospective
change in' the head of the iTreasury De
partment arose probably from an almost
general impression that Mr. Manning will
never resume the duties of that office, even
in the event of his complete restoration to
health. - ' ;
Washington, March 27. When Drs.
Lincoln and Hamilton stepped into Secre
tary Manning's sleeping room, at 10 o'clock
this morning, the secretary stretched out
his hand and saluted, them cheerf ullv.
After remaining at hia bedside about an
hour the two physicians took their de
parture. Before leaving, Dr. Lincoln said
to au Associated Press reporter. "There is
really no change in the Secretary's condi
tion; he is holding his own,; and that is
about all that can be "Said. He at times
complains of headache, but that is to be ex
pected; it is - one of the results! of the
trouble at the base of the brain."! "His
pulse is rather variable," said Dr. Hamil
ton," "but not quite so much so as yester
day." "He is not out of danger, Under
stand me," remarked Dr. Lincoln "and
will not be for some time yet. but we fee)
encouraged as time goes by. Time alone
can solve the problem." t
Washington, March 27. The IRlver
and Harbor Appropriation bill, . asi com
pleted by tbe House Committee, makes a
total appropriation of $15,164,200, Which
will become available immediately upon
tbe da&sge of the hill. As there was no
appropi iation made for rivt-r and harbor
improvements last session, the present ap
propriation virtually covets I a period of
two years. Among 'the ' items ' for the
Southern States are the following j '
JMorth Carolina Ueaufort harbors. S15.-
000; Edenton Bay, $2,000; between! New
Bern and Beaufort, SlO.OOOr Cape Fear
river, $125,000; Contentnea Creek. $5,000:
Currituck Sound, Caiujock Bay and North
Kiver bar, $ 10,000; JNeuse Tiver, $10,000;
New- river, $10,000; Pamlico and Tar
river, .$3, 000; Roanoke river, $10,000;
Trent river, $3,50Q. t i
Alabama Mobile harbor. S120.000; Riv
ers Alabama, $15,000; Black Warrior,
$75,000; Cahawba. $7,500; Tallapoosa,
$7,500; Warrior, $25,000; Tombicbee,
$25,000. - i
For the Mississippi river the total is
$3,800,000, of which $2,400,000 is for that
part below Cairo, and $1,400,000, above
Cairo. - . ; ' -
For the Missouri river the total is $660.
000.. v :- , t
The total for New York harbor is $425.J
000. :. -. .
Tennessee Clinch river. $5.0001 Cum
berland $100,000; French Broad, $6,000;
South Forked Deer, $500; Tennessee river
above Chattanooga $7,500; Tennessee below
Chattanooga f350,000. -
LABOR TROUBLES.
A Freight Train at East St Louis Suc
ceeds in Evading tbe Striken and
Gettlne Off. . ; T''" X '- " j
IBy Telegraph to the Honing Star.i ' j
St. Louis. March 27. At 1.30 this after
noon the Yandalia road, in East St. Louis.
succeeded in getting out a freight train of
eleven cars. About . seven hundred men
were standing around tbe depot at the time;
A freight tram on another road moved as if
to start out, and the crowd made a rush to
stop it. This action of the strikers left the
tracks around the depot clear. Tbe van
dalia engineer, who was all ready to start,
seeing bis chance , put on steam and started,
One of the crowd saw the move, and run
ning ahead turned the switch signal across
the track, expecting that the engineer would
stop when he saw the track blocked,1 but the
engineer turned on mere steam and crashed
through the signal, and the train was off
and in a few minutes out of sight.
VIRGINIA.
Sale of tbe Property of tbe Soutbern
Telegraph Company Indefinitely
Postponed. . y -. -
' i lEyTelesranh to the Morning 8tac.l
J Richmond, March, 27. The property of
the Southern Telegraph Company was to
have been sold to-day at the Commission
ers sale, but before the tune lor the sale It
was announced that an order had been en
tered in the U.- S. Court at Norfolk, post
poning it indefinitely. The order was is
sued upon the petition of J. B. Pace, one.
of the largest bondholders of the Southern
.Company. C'"?. -' -TT.r '"'."- VI
Asneville Uitizen ; ? we , nave
uncommonly few reports of the wheat crop
on this side of the mountains. What we do
e hav
hear is very favorable. " - A correspon
dent from Ivy informs us that on Tuesday
Longan Morris, a colored man in the; em
ploy of Dr. W. L. Reagan,! accidentally
shot himself with a rifle, the ball penetrat
ing the lungs. The injury is thought to be
fatal. -
NO. 22
labor mount..
Missouri's Govern.r will f rotret tbe
Railroads Aealnsf tbe Strikers- rb
TVbole Power ot tbe Slate will be
used Address front the Law aud
Order Leaeue at SedatlaSplrH of tbe
People Tborouebly . Aroused Tbe
nilltla Forces -or St. Loots Voder
ArntSfete. -r
- By Telegraph to the Horning Star.i -St.
Lotjis. March 25. Governor Hrmn.
duke, of Missouri, issued at a late hour
last night a proclamation relative to the
railroad strike, so far as it affects the com
merce of tbe State. After defining the re
spective duties of the - Railroad Compauy
buu iueir employes, ine proclamation con
tinues: : -
"Wherefore. I. John S. Marmadnke
Governor of the State of Missouri, by vir
tue of authority in me vested, do herthv
call upon tbe Missouri Pacific Railway
company, ana upon its omcers ana agents
and its employes of every grade, each in
their several capacities, to aesisl in resum
ing trade of all kinds m tha usual wv mi
all of the railroad lines operated by xaid
company in Missouri ;and I warn all persons,
wnemeriney oe employes or not, agdiust
interposing any obstacle whatever in the
way of said resumption: and with a firm
reliance upon the courage, good sense and
law-abiding spirit of the public, I hereby
call upon all good citizens to assist in carry
tog out me purposes or mis proclamation.
I also pledge the whole power of the State -
so far us it may be lawfully wielded by its
cmet executive omcer, to susiaia.aid cocc -
pany aod-.iU servants ia- the- resumption
and to restrain and punish all that may oo-
BKDAXU. Mo.rMj.rcn 2SThe men'TwbS
were! arretted vesterdav.' cbartred witn
wrecking a freight tram Tuesday, and in
uring iour men, were admitted to bail.
The Law and Order Leagud last niaht
issued an address, which demands that the
strikers obey the law and permit the rail
road to operate their road, or take tbe con
sequences of their violation Of law like
other Criminals. The spirit of the people is
thoroughly aroused, and thev onenlv en
dorse lloxie's course. ?
The Knights of Labor here are divided.'
and it is expected that something will lake
place to-day to see which leader they will
follow Powderly or Irons- Inasmuch as
Irons tays it is right, stirriug events may
shortly be expected.
; bT Louis. March 25, 9 A M Tbe Rain
Water Rifles and Company G, Branch
Guards, are under arms at the arm. ry,
ready to render immediate assistance in the
police at a moment's notice! ; All of the
mjlitia forces of the city are under cr Jers to
be ready for action by the Governor.
St. Louis. March 25. A member of the
Executive Committee of District Assembly
No. 101, Knights of Labor, was seen by a
reporter early this morning, and in reply
to the question, whether or not the men
employed in the railroad yards in East 8t.
Louis would be ordered to strike, as' a re
sult of tbe later changes iu tbe situation,
said, "the East St. Louis yardmen will go
out this afternoon at 8 o'clock. : You know
they have been anxious to go out themselves,
for some time, but w'e have been holding
them back. Yesterday they sect a com
mittee to the Executive of Assembly No.
3650, and they sent them to us They
said they would go out immediately, and
we decided to fix the time at 3 o clock tbis
afternoon. They will all htop work at
that time, unless the Missouri Pacific offi
cials .show a disposition io tieat with us."
VIUGlXilA.
Tbree Failures Beported In Blcb-
gmond Flsbt Between Rloonsblners
and Bevenne Officers.
Richmond.. March 25. The' following
failures have occurred in this city in the
past twenty.four hours: Wade & Shelburn,
wcoiesaie cigar. . cigarette and ' tobacco
dealers; liabilities $12,000, assets not yet
listed. John H. . Smith (cbleted), 'saloon
and restaurant; liabilities $10,000; assets
claimed to be sufficient to pay in full. Jo
seph M. Blair, one of the largest ret-iii gro
cers in the city; liabilities and .assets not
known, as the papers of assignment have
not yet been filed. i
Danville, March 25. Tbe Revenue of
ficials making a raid on illicit distillers in
the southern - part of the State vesterdav.
had a sharp fight with moonshiners, in
which shots were exchanged Ten etilla
were cut out and 25,000 gallons of beer de
stroyed, v j
ALABAMA.
Tbree men 'Killed and Poor Otbers
I Injured by a Boiler Explosion.
. Montgomery, March 25 A special from
Calera reports the explosion of the boiler of
the Calera Land Company's saw mill. - Joe
KobertBon. engineer, Jesse Pilgreen. su
perintendent, and William Fletcher, labor
er, were killed; and J. v. Thoma3 and
three others were badl hurt 1 All the
killed aDd injured were white. Loss $5,000.
No iusurance. -..
soutbTcarolina.
-
Casualties Beaultlng from a Base Ball
V Came at Charleston.
Chableston, March 25 In the game of
base ball to-day between tbe Charleston and
Philadelphia clubs. Bryan, manager and
centre fielder of the Charleston club, broke
his kneecap, and Lanseer, catcher, his
finger. Bryan -will be disabled for life,
Lanseer'8 injuries, are not erious The
game resulted in favor of - Philadelphia by
a score or in to a.
FOREIGN.
Striking Miners in Belgium Flllaglnjt
Factorles Besignatlon of Two mem
bers of tbe Gladstone Cabinet Tbe
Spirits monopoly Bill Defeated in tbe
German Belebstae.
By Cable to the Morning Star. ' '
Bhussels. March 27. The rolling mills
at Montceau have been sacked by strikers.
Gangs ' of strikers are everywhere in the
mining counuesviorcing men to stop work.
and are gongabout pillaging factories.
The local authorities are absolutely power
less before the daily increasing strength of
the rioters. It will now require very large
reinforcements or troops to quell the riots.
London,' March 27. Joseph Chamber
lain, President of the Local Government
Board, and George Trevelyan, Secretary
for Scotland, have resigned from the Glad
stone Cabinet, and the Uueen has accepted
the resignations of both gentlemen: James
Btan8fleld, Radical member for Halifax,
succeeds Chamberlain, and thi Earl of Dal
housie, succeeds Trevelyan- Earl Dalhousie,
however, will not have a seat in the Cabi
net as Tievelyan . . r
Berlin, March 27. The Reichstag this
afternoon, by a vote of lot to 3, rejected
Prince Bismarck s spirits monopoly bill.
The members of the Right abstained from
voting. si ' '
NORTH CAROLINA.
A Fatber and Son In Ashevllle Ae
quitted or tbe Crime of murder.
... ,t fBr Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.i -
AshevHiLE. March 27. The trial of
Wm. H. Jones and Frank Jones, father
and son, indicted for the murder of Mary
Rice, closed this afternoon at 5 o'clock
with a verdict oi not gouty, 'ine jury
was out about one hour. The, trial began
on the 10th of March. The evidence was
purely circumstantial. One hundred and
seven witnesses were examined. -, The pros
ecution was ably conducted by Solicitor
Ferguson, with assistants, and the prison
ers were as ably defended. The crime for
which the prisoners were tried involved the
murder of-four persons and the burning
of a dwelling. The indictment was for the
killing of Mary Rice, and bills were also
found - for killing others. . After the ver
dict to-day a nci. pros, was entered as to
other' indictments witn. leave, me pris
oners were discharged. r - .
Mrs. John Wilson,- of Wil
1 um'a ttitIIo ' Tnlinann onnntv riinH vem mid
j denly early -yesterday morning. : Her age
was about flfty-nve, . - -1 ; - :
: State, Gleanings. '
- Some cotton at. Gastonia'. Gas- i
ton county, the property of D. A. Jenkins.
was butned .Tuesday, s 3 t, - '
- Tarboro Southerner:' A lieuten- J
ant in the Edgecombe Guards thinks his .
girllikes him because she has a right r
bare arms. -The shad fleet of Tarboro i
is quite numerous, consisting of not less -than
one hundred paddles. Night and day :
search is made for s&ad. So far not enough ' '
nave Deen caugbt to-perceptibly lower the i
price. - : A gentleman riding from here--
to Scotland Neck says he saw hundreds of '
Dates otjeotton piled in farmers yards, held :
for higher prices, no doubt. - , !
- Charlotte Chronicle; , Last Sat- :
urday a week ago Maggie Wilson was shot
accidentally by a pistol in tbe haads of i
Mlse Coppela. her- brother-m-law. The '
ball entered her breast just below the left '
nipple, and was extracted from her hunk. '
The wound was a very serious one, yet the i
girl teemed to improve until to-day about
noon, when' she: died. Coppela is very ili j
and grave fears are entertained- as to hia i
recovery. We . hear he has pneumonia, i.
He is the leader of the Italian band of this i ;
'city.-; -a;? f ''.
Asneville Advance: Near Alex- 1
ander's, last Saturday, as the freight train ' '
was going north, the conductor discovered.
two or three tramps . concealed in one of ,"!
the box cars. He instructed a brakeman i
to go into the Car and order the tramps to
fret out.. As the hrAbpmn . vntorcA fVic . . 1-
door to carry out his instructions, he was ' -stricken
on the head with a bar of iron in '
the hands of one of the tramps, and very
seriously if not fatally injured. His as
sailants rushed out of the car and made
their escape.
: Raleigh Visitor: A vountr
Irishman named Thos. Ryan whose home -'
is on South Swain street, in .this city, has ,'
been missing since early Tuesday morning
last. Circumstances lead to the suspicion -
that he has committed suicide. Tho
following named sheriffs brought convicts .
to the penitentiary: to-day: L. J-. Hall,
Bladen county, 2 convicts; F. F. Cohoon,
Pasquotank county, 2 convicts; E. A. Mof- ; -fltt,
Randolph county. 1 to the penitentiarv1'
and 1 to the Cape Fear. & Yadkin Valley
tsauroaaat Greenspofp. t
Chadotte OArijMisr'Mar-"''
but fori? many years past a citizen of
Alexander county, was in this city yeBterW
a ay, and stated to an Observer reporter that
if Alexander county had cheap and amole'
transportation facilities, it could fill up
Charlotte with fine mountain apples at 15
cents per bushel. The apple crop of that i
county.! Mr. Isebour says, is simply Im
mense, and as an indication of its extent, i
he mentions the fact that during the past i
winter he sold five hundred bushels of;
good, sound . apples,' at eight cents per i
bushel, hauled the apples two and a half i
miles to a distillery. ; !
- New Bern Journal: The Su
perior Court of Jones county is engaged!
this weex in tbe trial of Lott Murnu, col- ;
ored. for the murder of Alexander Sim- :,
mons, colored. Simmons was found dead
in a field on the 27th of July last- Upon :
examination it was found that he had been ;
shot. - Circumstances led to the arrest of
Lott Murrill, and tbe grand jury at the Au
gust term of the Court found a true but.
The prisoner was arraigned and the trial
set for Wednesday of the fall term. Owing
to the illness ot judge Mc&oy there was no
fall term, so the case came up for trial this
term. - A fire in Kinston destroyed the -barn
and stables of Dr. H. D. Harper yes
terday and came near burning his dwelling
and also that of F. C. Loops, Esq. Prompt
work by the firemen averted a more serious
conflagration. .
Goldsboro Argus: In this city ,
yesterday, from one of the justice's courts.
a young white man, whose name we with
hold, was sent to the work house for 20
days, for drunkenness and fighting.
A burglary was perpetrated in Fork town
ship, this county, Wednesday night. Some
one DroKe into') tne dwelling ot Mr. ii,awin
times and stole his trunK, which they tooB.
into the woods near the house and' rifled.
Among other things, : the trunk contained
$15. Our highly prized exchange,
the Wilmington Morning Stab, has 'en
tered upon the nineteenth year , of its emi
nent usefulness in the land. From our
youth up its light has been valuable to us.
nor have we ever seen the day that, we did
not welcome us coming and read us col
umns with real pleasure and profit.. It has
our best wishes always.
Asheville Citizen: There aro
an unusual number of visitors here for the
period of the year. Many of them from
the Northern and Northwestern States and -a
few returning Florida visitors. Of these '
last there would be many moreif the Asne
ville and Spartanburg road was ' open.
When it will be we cannot say. Between
here and Hendersonville it is all right.
- A lettet from Warm Springs, dated
the 21st, Bays: Last Friday evening, about
5 o'clock, our community was shocked by
the announcement that a young white man
named Corse had been literally cut in half
by being run over by an extra freight train.
between here and Air. Jfagg s nme sun. it
was an unfortunate affair, inasmuch as he
might have been saved from so horrible a
death. It seems that he was intoxicated
and lying on the track right in a little cut
where there is a short curve and on the fire
man's side. ; .
Charlotte Observer: Lucy Moore.
an old colored woman sixty years of age,
met a shocking death on the Charlotte, Co- -lumbia
& Augusta road yesterday after
noon, her head being ground to a pulp un
der the wheels of the Charlotte bound train.
The accident occurred at Simpson's turn
out a flag station. As the train neared thia
place, the engineer saw the stop signal dis
played, and began to slow up. In front of
him he saw two individuals standing oy the
track on opposite sides. One of these was
a colored preacher and the other: was tne
unfortunate woman. Just beforh the en
gine reached the spot where they were
standing, the woman suddenly determined
to join the preacher on the opposite side of
the track, and hurriedly attempted to cross. -
As she did so, he foot struct the end oi a
crosstie and she fell headlong across the
track. The eDgine was scarcely three -yards
from her, and before she could even
make a movement to rise, the wheels oi tne
engine were upon her. t
Charlotte Observer: "The Sfc
Catherine gold mine, near the Air Line de
pot, is doing a big business now.' The .!
main-shaft is about 400 feet deep and very
fine ore is being brought to the service. ,
- As the Charlotte tram on the Carolina
Central -road was leaving Hamlet y ester- .
day baggage master Phifer was startled by ;
two pistol shots fired in rapid succession. '
Two bullets crashed through his car, and,
looking out the daor, be saw that the shots-
had been fired by a rough looking negro, --
.tnnnn nnnw tVin t..nlr . A t Via firot ohflf
air. .rimer latu uia uauu upuu uui uwu pis
tol, and when he caught sight of the negro
he began returning the file. He shot twice
at the darkey, who turned and neo. w nen
the train arrived at Rockingham the occur- '
rence was reported to the people there, and
a squad of men were soon going in the di
rection of Hamlet in search of the negro.
Yesterday afternoon the squad returned to
Rockingham with the guilty" party and
lodged him in jail at that place. The negro
had been trying to beat a ride upon tbe
train and had been put off several times.
Goldsboro Messenger: Six. white
tramps were consigned to the county chain
gang on Tuesday for thirty days each. .
A petition has been forwarded to Col. W.
J. Green, asking the consolidation of two
mail routes leading, from LaGrange and
Dudley and supplying Seven Springs and
Sleepy Creek, into one tri-weekly line to
start from Goldsboro. The Wilming- '
ton Stab has closed its thirty-seventh semi- "
annual volume and entered its nineteenth
year. The success of the paper can be but
highly gratifying. The Stab is in the full .
sense of the term a newspaper, and North
Carolinians can feel proud of it.
Duplin jottings: The farmers of Duplin
are not buying as many high prices fertili- -zero
ai heretofore, they are purchasing
chemicals and mixing fer themselves .
Miss Kitty Frederick died at the residence
of her brother-in-law (Mr. D. ;L Wood
ward) on the .morning of the 16th inst.
Mr. J. L.: Sontball (night operator in
the Western Union office at Magnolia) was
on the . night of the 16th inst., the victim '
of a daring robbery. - Mr. Southall has a
room at Mrs. Hamblin's boarding bouse;
and after the family had retired a tramp
entered the house, it is supposed by raising .
the window, Went up stairs to Mr. South-.
all's room and appropriated to his own use
two full suits, an overcoat, some jewelry, a -pair
of kid gloves and fifteen dollars in
money." From the sitting room Mr. Lewis
Merriman lost a coat and an overcoat
f